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Formal written demand · 7 days · sent 2026-09-23 · deadline 2026-09-30 · demand page · Q1–Q12

Remittance / orders / payment on file — Alleged: money collected, quality warranty / 2014 Kulanz not honoured · process-promise gap · deadline 2026-09-30 · lawyerstyle page · consumer T.C. Wu · orders 1058152/1105973 · €1303 · tickets SC00111693–SC00111703 + SC00111762–SC00111765 + SC00112050–SC00112052 + SC00112623–SC00112628 + SC00112630–SC00112633 · Payment / remittance on file · BANK01–04 · EX04–EX11

Alleged 收款 vs 质保 / remittance vs warranty · as of 2026-09-27 · silence ~86 days · Demand 2026-09-30

Invoice / Rechnung ask · exhibits 01–05 · OUT=2 · IN/auto=3 · human substantive=0 · CRM SC00111766 auto ≠ reply · #invoice-ask · /exhibits/invoice-ask/ · 未见独立截图 PNG

As of 2026-09-27 · still no numbered written reply to Q1–Q12 · Message blocked ≠ reply · CRM autos SC00111693–SC00111703 (Demand day) + SC00111762–SC00111765 (lawyerstyle afternoon) + SC00112050–SC00112052 (2026-09-24 CRM auto) + SC00112623–SC00112628 + SC00112630–SC00112633 (2026-09-26 MUST-SEND CRM auto) + prior SC00111404–SC00111411 ≠ reply · alleged cheating where staff/auto promised reply then went silent

Non-brand note · VZ-BW archive-ack only (infozentrum@vz-bw.de) — not a Leica named point-by-point written reply; not a regulator case filing. CRM auto-ack ≠ numbered answer to Q1–Q12.

Timeline note (non-substantive) · Kirstin Masney OOO until 2026-09-28; Liberty.Caringal mailbox inactive; Customer.Care Automatic reply (FINAL NOTICE Rechnung) — auto ≠ named point-by-point written reply. CRM SC00112623–628 + 630–633 = ticket ≠ reply.

~4,315 days since Dec 2014 goodwill ~2,575 days since Brand €1303 letter (2019-09-06)

Named on the public record: Ursula Brand, Kirstin Masney, mail-thread Coletta, Kaufmann, Seria — plus blocked-mail cluster Brand / Kupfer / Frank / Steuer / Roder. Auto-replies and “we will get back to you” lines are not a point-by-point written answer. Public “repair” still routes to film M6 etc. Alleged cheat / deceive only — not a court fraud verdict.

Lawyerstyle · remittance / warranty Formal Demand · 7 days Promises vs delivery Promised reply not delivered Schmidt HK alleged lifetime CCD Blocked correspondence Bank PDF Emails Exhibits Q1–Q12

LEICA 403 satire still
Not leica-camera.com · SATIRE · Alleged remittance vs warranty · Evidence
This is about

LEICA

Camera AG · Wetzlar · not the shop

Silence ~86 days · as of 2026-09-27 Formal Demand deadline 2026-09-30 Orders 1058152 / 1105973 Invoice-ask 01–05 · OUT2 / auto3 / human0

Alleged: after payment / cost records linked to the orders are verifiable on file, quality / CCD warranty commitments still lack a named, point-by-point written reply.alleged：与订单相关的收款/费用记录可核验之后，质量 / CCD 相关保修与书面承诺，仍未换来具名、逐点的书面答复。

Orders 1058152 / 1105973 · Public archive · Not a court judgment. · Consumer T.C. Wu · Brand €1303+VAT.

Payment / remittance on file is public at /bank/ (BANK01–04) and EX04–EX11. Quality / CCD warranty and written promises still have no named point-by-point written answer. CRM autos SC00111693–SC00111703 + SC00111762–SC00111765 + SC00112050–SC00112052 + SC00112623–SC00112628 + SC00112630–SC00112633 ≠ reply. Auto-ack ≠ answer. Alleged only — not a court fraud verdict. Not a licensed solicitor.

Read the questions · Q1–Q12 Lawyerstyle · remittance vs warranty Formal Demand Bank / remittance Invoice / Rechnung timeline Silence / blocked mail

Evidence strip · payment first · then the warranty gap

收款可核验 · 质保仍无具名逐点书面答复

Click-through gallery of existing assets only — purchase / order / estimate frames, then bank PDFs at /bank/. Alleged characterisation: remittance on file, quality / CCD warranty answer missing. Not invented invoices.

EX07 purchase proof EX09 order 1058152 EX04 estimate 1058152 EX10 estimate 1105973 EX11 confirmation 1105973 BANK01–04 via /bank/ (thumb: EX08) promise-403 video still EX05 costs
Questions · Q1–Q12 Lawyerstyle page Formal Demand /bank/ BANK01–04 Silence / blocked Full remittance gallery Invoice-ask exhibits 01–05
Complaint clock ~86 days · first related notice 2026-07-03 · as of 2026-09-27 Formal Demand deadline 2026-09-30 Goodwill clock ~4,315 days since Dec 2014 Brand €1303 letter ~2,575 days (2019-09-06)

Promise vs delivery · as of 2026-09-27

What they promised. What this file got. · 他们承诺了什么 · 本案得到了什么

Sourced public goodwill vs what orders 1058152 / 1105973 actually produced. Alleged characterisation only.

Alleged cheating / 涉嫌欺骗： promising a free any-age fix, a permanent technical solution, and auto/human “will reply” — then billing, 403, silence, or a film-camera upsell. Not a court fraud verdict. Named on record: Brand, Masney, Coletta, Kaufmann, Seria.
Promise (date · source)What happened in this file / public record
Dec 2014 — Stefan Daniel / Leica Camera AG: free CCD for M9 / M9-P / M Monochrom / M-E regardless of age, including already-replaced sensors; refunds; working toward a permanent technical solution; “technically faultless products” / rebuild trust.
Leica Rumors · Red Dot · PetaPixel		 Ursula Brand €1303 + VAT (2019-09-06); “not acknowledgeable”; official notice 403; no free permanent CCD path for this customer.
June 2015 — redesigned corrosion-resistant sensor as long-term fix; goodwill continues irrespective of age (Red Dot Forum). Public arc: 2017 five-year free window / fee → CCD stop ~2020 (Kirstin Masney: Oct 2019). Alleged bait-and-switch vs 2014 “regardless of age.”
Das Wesentliche — essential quality brand positioning already satirised on this site. 403 on the official CCD notice + unpaid €1303 path + 2025 “repair” = upgrade list including analog M6.
Auto/human “we will reply” from Customer Care / Complaint Management. Promised reply never became a point-by-point letter to Q1–Q12. Gmail Message blocked to named @leica-camera.com. See promised-reply note.
Schmidt HK — alleged lifetime CCD (already on updates). HQ “not acknowledgeable” / authorised-dealer path. Schmidt HK note.

Full cites + footnotes · Promises table · Q1–Q12

Invoice / Rechnung request · exhibits 01–05 · as of 2026-09-27

Formal invoice ask timeline · 正式发票 / Rechnung 请求时间线

EN: Alleged: payment received; independent Rechnung not provided; service/warranty written reply outstanding.
ZH: alleged：已有收款记录；未提供独立 Rechnung；服务/保修书面答复仍待解释。

Counts: OUT=2 · IN/auto=3 · human substantive=0. CRM ticket SC00111766 is auto-ack, not a human reply. Auto-ack ≠ Rechnung ≠ substantive written reply. Orders 1058152 / 1105973.

Media note — 未见独立截图 PNG: exhibits are text exports + Gmail viewUrl only (MCP has no PNG/Gmail screenshot renders). No fake Gmail screenshots are published. Optional payment visual: /bank/ BANK01–04.

# · Dir · CST (UTC+8)Note · exhibit link
01 · OUT
2026-09-23 15:38:45		 Formal invoice / Rechnung PDF request
01 · text exhibit
02 · IN/auto
2026-09-23 15:38:54		 CRM SC00111766 auto-ack (≠ human reply)
02 · text exhibit
03 · IN/auto
2026-09-23 15:43:55		 Customer.Care automatic reply
03 · text exhibit
04 · OUT
2026-09-24 10:28:48		 Follow-up restating numbered invoice requests
04 · text exhibit
05 · IN/auto
2026-09-24 10:34:14		 Customer.Care automatic reply
05 · text exhibit

Pack index: /exhibits/invoice-ask/ · INDEX.md. Consumer-authored archive · alleged · auto-acks ≠ substantive written reply · auto-acks ≠ Rechnung.

Questions · Q1–Q12 /bank/ remittance Invoice-ask exhibit pack

Read this first

This is about LEICA. It is not the LEICA shop.

SATIRE / CONSUMER ARCHIVE. We borrowed the black-and-red manner of a Wetzlar product page to mock a vanished promise. No shop. No login. If you work at Am Leitz-Park 5: this is the catalogue your customers were not given after 2014.

Leica Camera AG told the world, in December 2014, that M9 / M9-P / M Monochrom / M-E cover-glass corrosion would be replaced regardless of the age of the camera, including sensors already swapped, with refunds, while a “permanent technical solution” was sought. This file’s customer was later billed in the €1303 + VAT class (Ursula Brand, 6 Sep 2019), told a 2014 receipt was “not acknowledgeable,” shown a 403 on the official notice URL, then told by Complaint Manager Kirstin Masney that CCD production had stopped in October 2019. In 2025 the public “repair” is still an upgrade list — including analog M6 / MP / M-A.

That sequence is the joke. The joke is not funny if you paid for German quality and got a Forbidden page. Orders 1058152 / 1105973 / 811072. Name redacted. Bank purchase-path PDFs are public and unredacted at BANK01 · BANK02 · BANK03 · BANK04 (also /bank/). Mail index: /emails/ (legacy /mail/ stills). Exhibits: /exhibits/. Allegations, not a court verdict.

Contradiction card · as of 2026-09-27

2014 goodwill vs €1303 vs 403 vs Schmidt HK alleged lifetime CCD

2014 goodwill

Public free CCD replacement regardless of camera age, including sensors already swapped, plus refunds, plus a “permanent technical solution.”

€1303 + VAT

Ursula Brand, 6 Sep 2019: contribution class billed to this file’s customer — after the free-goodwill era.

HTTP 403

Official 2014 CCD notice URL returned Forbidden. The text survives on third-party reprints; the HQ page did not.

Schmidt HK (alleged)

Schmidt Marketing (Hong Kong) Ltd — alleged public lifetime CCD coverage for M-System digital cameras, versus HQ “not acknowledgeable” / authorised-dealer path. See dated note · Schmidt landing.

Open Q3 asks how a regional lifetime message sits beside HQ fees, 403, and stop language without a written HQ clarification. Allegations and unanswered questions — not a court finding.

The object

LEICA M9 — the camera this file is about.

Cited photographs of the CCD body. The red-dot brand is the subject of the satire, so the body is on the page. We typeset LEICA + the red point; we do not ship their trademark file as a fake shop.

LEICA M9M9 · CC BY-SA 3.0 LEICA M9 frontM9 front · CC BY 2.0 LEICA M9 TitaniumM9 Titanium · CC BY 2.0 leica-camera.comCited · leica-camera.com CCD corrosionThis file · corrosion 403This file · 403

Camera stills: Wikimedia Commons as credited. Official homepage capture is a citation of how LEICA Camera AG presents itself now.

Timeline

LEICA CCD — the years, not a version number.

This site is replaced in place. The chronology is the product.

LEICA M9. First full-frame digital M. Kodak CCD.
LEICA goodwill. Free CCD replacement regardless of age. Then, in this file, the official page went 403.
Five years. Free path narrowed. Older bodies ~€982.
€1303 + VAT. Ursula Brand wrote the figure to this customer.
This Wetzlar file. 1058152. “not acknowledgeable.” Europe-only return. Forbidden.
CCD discontinued. Masney: Oct 2019. Estimate 1105973 still in June 2020.
Still LEICA, still no CCD. Upgrade list adds analog M6 / MP / M-A.
This desk. Satire of LEICA. Twelve questions. Written answers demanded.

The collection

Evidence, hung like a product line.

Captures and mailbox stills, not lifestyle ads.

poster01 — 2014 / paywall / 403 403 office02 — 403 office 40303 — Official URL Forbidden corrosion04 — CCD halos receipt05 — 2014 receipt estimate06 — 1058152 202507 — 2025 film M mail08 — Human mail

The opening reel

The video is the homepage.

Autoplay, muted. No real executive’s face. Send a real letter instead.

The only SKU

A written explanation. Point by point. Not an automatic reply.

Customer Care and Complaint Management, Leica Camera AG, Am Leitz-Park 5, 35578 Wetzlar.

  1. How does 2014 “regardless of age” become 2017/2018 fees and a 2020/2019 stop?
  2. Why did the official 2014 CCD URL return 403? Where is the notice now?
  3. HQ “not acknowledgeable” vs alleged Schmidt HK lifetime CCD coverage?
  4. What would have made the 18 Aug 2014 Monochrom proof acknowledgeable?
  5. Was a point-by-point reply to September 2019 ever issued?
  6. Physical status of 1058152 and 1105973 — date and place.
  7. Why Europe-only return, not Hong Kong?
  8. Reconcile March 2020 close of 1058152 with June 2020 order 1105973.
  9. Last CCD-fit date at Wetzlar vs the June 2020 estimate?
  10. Remedies: Leica glass, third-party reimbursement, this file’s trade-in, refund, or a reasoned no.
  11. Why did some official replacements corrode again?
  12. Will 2014–2020 notices be restored as readable public pages?

Full question sheet Human mail

More stills

LEICA, drawn as the problem — not as a shop.

Generated commentary stills plus the price-ladder poster (dates from the public record and from Brand’s letter in this file). Not official advertising.

Parody still: rangefinder and sensor halos01 — halo still (generated) LEICA wordmark 403 parody02 — LEICA / 403 wordmark Unanswered desk still03 — unanswered desk CCD price ladder 2014 to 202504 — €0 → €1303 → no CCD 2014 paywall 403 poster05 — the indictment poster 403 CRT office06 — 403 office

FAQ · for search

What this LEICA CCD archive is — and is not.

Is this the official Leica website?

No. leica.gmbh is a labelled satire and consumer evidence desk about Leica Camera AG. It is not a shop, not firmware, not Customer Care.

What is Leica M9 CCD corrosion?

White halos / spots at small apertures on M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E bodies, documented from 2014 as corrosion of the sensor cover glass (Kodak CCD / Schott-type IR glass). DPReview, LFI and Leica’s own 2014 goodwill text describe it.

Did Leica offer a free replacement?

Yes, publicly, December 2014: free CCD replacement regardless of camera age, including sensors already replaced, plus refunds, plus work on a “permanent technical solution.” Later: five-year limit, then €1303+VAT (Brand, 2019), then “cannot replace” (2020), then an upgrade catalogue that in 2025 includes analog M6.

What is HTTP 403 on the 2014 notice?

The official URL cited in this complaint for “Important Information Concerning the CCD Sensors” returned Forbidden. The text survives on third-party reprints (LFI, DPReview, DSLR-Forum). One of the twelve questions asks where the notice lives now.

What are orders 1058152 and 1105973?

Wetzlar Customer Care / repair order numbers in this file. Estimate, reminder, “not acknowledgeable” proof, Europe-only return, then a linked 2020 successor estimate after the stated October 2019 CCD production stop.

Why satire?

The red-dot catalogue look is the punchline: a company that sold “Das Wesentliche” then served 403. The demand underneath is not a joke: a point-by-point written explanation.

Are auto-replies published?

Not on the public mail index. Human threads only: Brand, Coletta, Kaufmann, Seria, Masney.

How do I search this?

Useful queries: Leica M9 CCD corrosion, CCD-Korrosion Wetzlar, Auftrag 1058152, 403 CCD sensors, €1303 sensor, not acknowledgeable Leica, M6 CCD upgrade 2025, ライカ M9 CCD, 徕卡 CCD 腐蚀.

Freshness

Latest dated notes

2026-09-27 — leica-camera.cn still says CCD cannot be replaced (alleged) (official CN service page · journal 2026-09-20 · vs 2014 goodwill / 2020 stop; Q1·Q9 open). Alleged — not a court finding.
2026-09-26 — CRM autos SC00112623–SC00112628 + SC00112630–SC00112633 (noreply-crm@leica-camera.com → legal@leica.gmbh, ~14:01–14:11 Asia/Shanghai; after MUST-SEND / Final Notice): another auto ≠ reply batch. Customer.Care Automatic reply (FINAL NOTICE Rechnung) · Masney OOO until 2026-09-28 · Liberty.Caringal mailbox inactive — all auto ≠ numbered written answer to Q1–Q12. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud. Gmail UI: 待补.
2026-09-26 — Invoice / Rechnung ask timeline on homepage · exhibits 01–05 · OUT=2 · IN/auto=3 · human substantive=0 · CRM SC00111766 auto ≠ reply · 未见独立截图 PNG · #invoice-ask. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud.
2026-09-24 — After the official stop — alleged third-party cover-glass path (Kolari ~$999 / EU glass workshops after alleged HQ stop; journal + WEB014–016). Alleged — not a court finding.
2026-09-23 — Remittance / orders / payment on file — Alleged: money collected, quality warranty not honoured (lawyer-letter style afternoon wave; deadline 2026-09-30). Message-IDs pending send. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud; not licensed solicitor.
2026-09-23 — Formal written demand · 7 calendar days (deadline 2026-09-30) — Message-ID <179012237437.155910.11822775540272313454@leica.gmbh> · CRM autos ≠ numbered reply. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud.
2026-09-23 — CRM autos SC00111693–SC00111703 (noreply-crm@leica-camera.com → admin@leica.gmbh, ~08:13–08:18 Asia/Shanghai; after Formal Demand): another auto ≠ reply batch. Auto ticket ≠ numbered written answer to Q1–Q12. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud.
2026-09-23 — CRM autos SC00111762–SC00111765 (noreply-crm@leica-camera.com → admin@leica.gmbh, ~15:26–15:31 Asia/Shanghai; after lawyerstyle remittance/warranty wave): another auto ≠ reply batch. Auto ticket ≠ numbered written answer to Q1–Q12. Alleged — not adjudicated fraud. Gmail UI: 待补.
2026-09-23 — What they promised · What this file got — alleged cheating / 欺骗
2026-09-23 — Promised reply not delivered — SC auto tickets ≠ answer · alleged cheat
2026-09-23 — Schmidt Marketing (Hong Kong) Ltd alleged lifetime CCD coverage

All updates · Journal

Glossary

Words a Wetzlar search should still find.

CCD
Charge-coupled device. The Kodak full-frame sensor family in M9 / M9-P / M Monochrom / M-E — not the later CMOS M240 and M10.
Cover glass / ICF
IR-cut filter glass over the sensor. The failure mode is white halos, not ordinary dust. Independent shops replace Schott-type glass; Leica stopped replacing the CCD.
Goodwill 2014
Leica’s public free-replacement programme, regardless of age, including sensors already swapped.
403
HTTP Forbidden. Status of the official 2014 notice URL in this file.
€1303 + VAT
Contribution stated by Ursula Brand, Customer Care, 6 September 2019, cc complaint.management.
1058152 / 1105973 / 811072
Wetzlar order numbers in this archive.
CCD Sensor Corrosion Upgrade Program
After parts ended: trade-in toward current cameras, including in 2025 analog M6 / MP / M-A.

Longer English/German landings: /m9-ccd-corrosion/ · /ccd-korrosion/ · /questions/ · /emails/